Amplification of genes codifying for VirB9, VirB10, conjugal transfer protein and elongation factor Tu in Anaplasma marginale Habana isolate

Abstract

Anaplasma marginale is a tick-transmitted, gram-negative intraerythrocytic bacterium in the class Alphaproteobacteria and order Rickettsiales causing dramatic weight loss, anemia, and often death during acute infection. Animals that control the infection remain persistently infected for life and serve as reservoirs for infection of native animals.